Gulf county won't be jumping
right into the business of setting up
single member Commission districts
in Gulf County; nor will they be
ignoring the request to do so by a
group of Blacks from the Wewahitch-
ka area, headed by Charles Bostick.'
Bostick, accompanied by four
ladies, appeared before the Commis-
sion at their last, meeting and
requested that Gulf County have its
September elections suspended until
the county could be divided into single
member districts. Bostick said he was
making the request because "his
people" had been neglected in the
scheme of things in Gulf. County.
Bostick said his district was neglected

and charged that Commissioners
didn't pay any attention to them or
their needs except around election
time.
Answering Bostick that the Com-
mission bent over backward to meet
the needs of Bostick's area, chairman
Everett Owens instructed Board
attorney William J. Rish to research
the law on the Commission's power to
create the new style districts and
report back to the meeting held
Tuesday night.
As a result of his research of the
law, Attorney Rish gave the Commis-
sion a written answer Tuesday night
which pointed out that the Constitu-
tion of the State of Florida required

that county commissioners be elected
by the voters at large in Article VIII,
Section 1.
Rish's written opinion pointed out
that in one federal court case in the
fifth circuit, it was specifically ruled
that county commissioners do not
have the right to take up the task of
setting up single member districts.
The attorney's opinion recognized
that there have been single member
districts established in Florida, but
pointed out that in the most outstand-
ing case, that of Escambia County,
took five years in the courts to
accomplish and portions of the case
are still before the Supreme Court.
Rish advised, that such a lawsuit

doesn't necessarily take this long but
advised it would take at least two or
three years to work out a plan in
federal court.
Rish pointed out four points which
the courts used in deciding the
Escambia county case.
Rish said it was his feeling the
Florida Legislature would consider
the matter of single member districts
within 60 to 90 days and after that
time, the matter could possibly be
addressed in a practical and reason-
able manner.
TO CREATE COMMITTEE
Bostick was, not present at the
Tuesday night meeting but a half
dozen Blacks were present who didn't

say anything pertaining to the matter.
Clarence Monette of Port St. Joe said
he thought something could be done to
solve any problems which existed
but said he was at the meeting only as
an observer.
Chairman Owens said, "I wish
Mr. Bostick was here. I would like to
name a committee to make a study of
any problems which we may have and
try to work them out." Owens said he
would go ahead with assembling the
'committee after contacting Bostick
for suggestions he might have for
people to serve. Owens remarked, "If
he doesn't go along with that plan,
then he'll just have to do what he
wants to do".

tg System

Bostick has threatened to enter a
suit against the county if the Commis-
sion didn't accede to his request and
establish the single member districts.
As for the present time, the
Commission has decided it will go
along with the dictates of the State
Constitution and continue to elect
Commissioners at large.
"We might have to take a look at
re-districting the Commission dis-
tricts", Owens stated, "but we can't
do that until next year. The law
dictates that we reconsider our
Commission districts after every cen-
sus and it must be done in a year other
than an election year".

Toll Free Phone Calls for Gulf?

County Commissioner Jim-
my Gortman wants the Coun-
ty Commission to explore the
possibility of having all of
Gulf County placed in one
telephone exchange, elim-
inating long distance charges
for calling between Port St.
Joe and Wewahitchka
"Other counties have tele-
phone service like this and I
would like for Gulf County to
make a try at securing it for
our people7'.
Attorney William J. Rish
told Gortman the emphasis
would have to be placed on
contacting the Public Service
Commission for permission
for the local phone company
to provide i-he service. Rish
*' said, 'T"ll be glad to meet
with local telephone comp-
pany officials with you to
solicit their support in such
an approach to the PSC. It
may be feasible for the
company to make such a
change and their help with
the Commission would be of
considerable help."
The Commission will ap-
proach the St. Joseph Tele-
phone and Telegraph Com-
pany about the subject within
the next few days.
KENT RESIGNS
Doug Kent requested the
Commission to meet three
conditions for his position as
Mosquito Control Director,
or he would have to tender.
his resignation.
Three months ago, the
Commission allowed Kent to
fill in for the County Sanitar-
ian position when the state
Health Department dismis-
sed Gulf's Sanitarian. Since
that time, he has been
serving in both positions.

Tuesday. Kent asked the
county to give him a more
active role in management of
the Mosquito Control Depart-
ment, provide him with a
helper in his Health Depart-

ment work and increase his
salary by $50.00 a week.
Since the state department
sets up criteria for the
sanitarian to operate under,
the Commission felt they),

had no authority to meet
Kent's requests
Kent then said he would
have to resign his position as
Mosquito Control Director,
effective on March 8.

Firemen go through the back door to reported in a back room of the building
Campbell's Drug Store to get at a fire Tuesday morning. -Star photo

Fire In Campbell's Drugs

A fire of undetermined origin filled
Campbell's Drug Store with smoke Tuesday
morning at about 11:00 a.m.
According to owner Carl Guilford, the
cause of the fire was not known. "I. have a
back room in which I store my records and
other papers, where the fire was located. We
just smelled smoke and found papers in the
room burning. There is no electricity in the
room or other possible causes of a fire."
Guilford said he kept the fire beat down
with a small siphon hose he attached to a

water faucet until the Fire Department
arrived on the scene.
The druggist said he had a new
extinguisher but had emptied it a few days
ago when a car caught fire on Reid Avenue
near his business. "I had called the
company to pick up the extinguisher and
re-fill it, and he came in to pick it up about
the time the fire was put out."
Damage to the store was confined to the
one back room where minor burn damage
was experienced.

Robbery

SSuspect

Caught
An arrest warrant was
_, obtained Tuesday by Sher-
iff's Department investigator
Phil McLeod for a man being
held in a Holmes County Jail.
The warrantfwas for Nathan-
iel Williams, age 34, of Fort
Walton Beach, charging him
with committing the armed
robbery of Costin's Insur-
ance Agency last August.
On Wednesday,'August 3, a
lone black male entered the
local agency, ordered the two
clerks into the restroom at
Gunpoint and then stole $410.
Williams is currently being
held in the Holmes County
jail on similar charges.
Investigator McLeod made
S a trip to Bonifay to obtain
photographs and fingerprints
on Monday. He then obtained
the warrant.
The Costin robbery was
one of three on successive
r Run for Wednesdays during July and
Dn begins August of Inst year.
k. See a After the charges in
ge six of Holmes County have been
resolved, Williams will be
tar photo returned to Gulf County to
2 face charges here.

The Board unanimously
accepted Kent's resignation.
Kent will continue to work
for the Health Department.
serving as Sanitarian.
CIVIL DEFENSE AUTO
For two years. Bill Lamar,
Civil Defense director, has
been asking the county to
replace the 1971 Ford station
wagon the department has
been using Lamar has said
the vehicle is rusted out,
especially inside, and the
mechanical part of the ve-
hicle "is worn out"
Lamar, who was not pres-
ent at Tuesday's meeting,
left the key for the CD vehicle
the Courthouse, inviting any
or all of the Commissioners
to test drive the station
wagon
None took him up on his
invitation.
Commissioner Branch said
he felt it was not the
responsibility of the county to
furnish Lamar, who lives in
Wewahitchka, with the coun-
ty CD vehicle to drive to and
from his home.
Sheriff Ken Murphy said
Lamar was in the Courthouse
on the job two and a half days
a week.
Branch solicited the feel-
ings of the rest of the Board
on his contention and 'all
agreed the county vehicle
should stay at the Court-
house.
Branch then suggested the
Chairman, the Sheriff and
Lamar get together and
discuss transportation needs
and suggestions for arrang-
ments for use of Sheriff'
Department vehicles. "Even
if we end up buying another
vehicle, I think it should be
used in this manner",
Branch stated and the other
Commissioners agreed,
OTHER BUSINESS
In other business matters,
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-. -.

Danley Furniture Company sports during the night Monday. The shattered
some plywood show windows after the windows were the most serious damage
glass panes were blown out by high winds reported as a result of the storm.

Cold, Wind, Rain, End

Ideas of Early Spring

Only the weather today will tell
whether or not March came in like a lion
here in Gulf County. Regardless, the
windy month was introduced with a
lion-like introduction this week when
cold, blustery western and north-western
gales struck Gulf County and the
Panhandle bringing traces of sleet and
some few reported flakes of snow. ,
The sleet wasn't enough to be seen on
the ground and the snow was even less,
but the winds were evident and the chill
had people stoking up their fires again
and dragging out coats which had been
put in the closet after nearly two weeks of
spring-like weather.
Temperatures dipped into the 30's
STuesday night, but didn't reach freezing
as it was predicted it would. Wednesday
night was predicted to be even colder, but
bright sunshine Wednesday may even
make the weather man wrong on that
prediction, too.
While the temperatures weren't to
the freezing point, the high winds were
causing damage all through the county,

as well as littering yards with limbs, pine
cones and other debris.
Here in Port St. Joe, the winds
damaged a few signs, lifted a few
shingles and blew pieces off a few
awnings. One of the most serious
instances of damage reported was by
Danley Furniture Company which faced
a bleak Tuesday morning with four of
their front show windows blown out by
the high winds. The windows were
shattered by the wind gusts sometime
during the night Monday or early
Tuesday morning.
Manager Bill Franklin said the store
didn't suffer any severe damage inside
other than some water damage on a few
pieces of furniture which were sitting
near the window. Sheets of plywood were
quickly acquired and put up in place of
the shattered glass to keep out as much of
the rain as possible.
A storage shed behind the home of
Shirley Dixon, on Marvin Avenue, was
blown over and demolished, also.

Wants Dead Lakes Study

Board Chairman Asks State Agencies for Reports

Forest A. Revell, chairman
of the Dead Lakes Water
Management District has
called for a complete profe-
sional study of the Lakes by
four state agencies in action
taken Monday of this week.
Revell has requested, by
letter, that the Department
of Environmental Regula-
tion, the Department of Nat-
ural Resources, the North-
west Florida Water Manage-
ment District and the Game
and Fresh Water Fish Com-
mission make the studies.
Revell's letter states, "The
Dead Lakes Water Manage-
ment District requests a
complete combined profes-
sional study of the Dead
Lakes by the above four
departments of state govern-
ment. This study should show
what action this Board
should take for the best
long-range interest of con-

servation of water and fish."
Revell states at the end of
his letter, "I am confident
this Board will follow your
professional advice".
The hot contention over
. whether or not to remove the
Dead Lakes dam has been
over the claim by the dam
opponents that the structure
is stifling sport fishing in the
lakes and causing them to fill
up with silt and noxious
weeds because the dam
impedes the natural flow of
the Chipola River which
- flows through the Dead
Lakes.
Opponents of the dam
claim they have evidence
from such studies as are
being requested by the Ma-
agement Board which sub-
stantiates their claim that
the lake is dying. Former
chairman of the Manage-
ment Board, Jim Bozeman,

has stated, "The lakes are
already dead".
When the dam was first
placed at the south end of the
Dead Lakes over 20 years
ago, influential citizens from
all over the state went to bat
for the project, supporting
surveys, studies and support
by conservation groups to
construct the dam.
The dam gained support
when Jim Woodruff Dam at
Chattahoochee was complet-
ed causing fears it would
seriously affect the level of
the lakes.
A program conducted at
the Lakes in 1954 drew
important officials from as
far away as Washington, D.
C. to consider its construc-
tion.
Now, the situation is re-
versed. A diversified group
of people want the dam
removed and the Manage-

ment Board and property
owners along the lake stand
virtually alone to wanting the
dam left in place.
Those who live along the
shores of the lake have
multiplied over the years,
even if dam opponents claim
the fish haven't. Before the
dam was built, there were 50
electric meters reported by
Gulf Coast Electric along the
shores of the lake. Today
there are 595 meters.
Voters of both Gulf and
Calhoun counties will ex-
press their opinions on the
future of the dam on March
13 when they will cast a straw
ballot either favoring or
opposing removal of the
dam.
Neither the Gulf County
nor the Dead Lakes Water
Management Board has its
future relationship with the
dam mandated by the out-
come of the election.

Blacks' Request

mark for the Lions' 5,ooo meter
"R un for Sight"' Sight this Saturday. Registration
at 8:00 near Centennial Park
Lions Club president, Ned Ailes, related story on the run on pag
above left, Greg Turner, center and this issue of The Star.
James Hanlon, right, identify the start -S

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Editorials and Comments

THE STAR
THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1984 PAGE '

Safe Driving Can

Save

A couple of weeks ago, it was
'mentioned at the County Commis-
sion meeting that several palm
-trees south of town on C-30 should
'be cut down adjacent to the
'highway, after two men were killed
:in an automobile accident. Even
though we are among the number
who thinks this one of the prettiest
-stretches of road in Gulf County,
:the nagging idea still crept into our
:thinking that cutting down at least
:some of the trees might be needed
-in order to make the stretch of road
safer for drivers.

After sleeping on the idea
,overnight, we're gratified that the
County Commission listened to the'
few people who objected to the
cuttingg down of the trees.
It is true that over the past
several years, two or three cars
,have hit one or more of the trees.
.The two deaths recently were the
first we remember from cars
37unning into one of these beautiful
palms.
; We're not weighing the value of
a human life with the value of a
couple of palm trees. There would
be no contest there. If cutting the
trees would cause someone to live,
They would have to be cut in our
.estimation.
-: We do not hold with the idea
"that the trees are the cause of

W' Ready

We read the other day where
the television networks spent $1,-
3500,000 getting set up to cover the
fIowa -caucuses and the New
.Hampshire- primary. When you
'multiply that by all the state
'primaries and use your imagina-
ition just a little to come up with a
figure of how much the candidates
spent in preparing for the primary,
-you can see that the Presidential
race has started in earnest here in
the United States.

The same re
:only 85,000 people
in the Iowa cauct
small number wi
up for the other pi
ies which get'a fe<
prior to the polifti
tions where the
bearers are chose
the primaries is t
parties which ca
Acceptable to th
can have a lit
'selecting what th

port showed that
Same out to vote
us and an equally
ill probably show
reference primar-
eling of the people
cal party conven-
party standard
an. The purpose of
:o try to show the
candidate is more
e people so they
tle guidance in
ey think might be

Trees

accidents in this area. The road is
straight, the paving surface good.
If a person drives on the road, he
will not hit the trees. If he gets off
the road, he is liable to hit anything
or just spin out of control, roll over
into a ditch, or have any number of
things happen .to him just as
deadly as striking one of the trees.
There have been more cars hit a
certain utility pole a little farther
south on the same road, than have
struck the trees. Nobody has
suggested cutting down the utility
pole, simply because it is in the
utility space alongside the road.
The bannisters on nearly all
the bridges and culverts on C-30 are
closer to the road driving surface
than are the palm trees and we
have heard no voice suggesting the
bannisters be removed. They too
are just as dangerous a hazard as
the palm trees are.
The fact is, everything on the
highway is a driving hazard if the
driver doesn't stay alert and keep
his vehicle under control at all
times.
When one drives down any
street where cars are parked, you
are coming closer to obstacles
which can cause serious accidents
than you would be driving .down
C-30 in the vicinity of these stately
palms. It all just boils down to
observing safe driving habits.

or Not

a winner.
Here in Florida, we will go
through this early exercise of
choice: in about two weeks, and we ,
would hope that more than 85,000 of
our estimated 10 million population
shows up at the polls. The Iowa
performance is almost like throw-
ing a party and nobody came.
Campaigning for the primaries
isn't exactly designed to draw up
partisan camps. The primaries are
more or less a popularity contest
with the real political fighting to

come only after both parties have
named their champion: One goes to
'the primary polls with mostly the
information that "My opponent is a
good guy, since he's a Democrat
(or Republican) but I would be
better for you and the country".
That isn't much to make a
decision on, but each of us must
make a decision, this year, and we
had best be making it, whether
we're ready or not.

if white Caps In the Bay

High westerly winds and falling thermometers and
barometers Monday and Tuesday. caused St. Joseph Bay to
become turbulent, kicking up white-caps and heavy seas.
-Star photo

fyA MAN'S WORLD

Life's Irritations

BY SHAD PANTRY.

, 'r- ---- -

Just this past Sunday our
Sunday School class was
discussing some of the prob-
lems that plague us in our
life. Our Sunday School
teacher, a man of infinite
wisdom and candor, asked
the following question. "If

God is all powerful and
mighty, why doesn't He
make life easy for us and
eliminate all evil and prob-
lems for us?" I immediately
thought, "That's a very good
question!!"
The conclusion was that

Sees No Harm In

Bostick's Idea

Mr., Ramsey:
I'm afraid I've found my-
self disturbed after reading
your editorial titled "Should
Commission Break the
Law?". I found the article
flippantly dismissing Mr.
Bostick's arguments'as the
ravings of a rabble-rouser.
Although I wasn't at the
meeting, I'm sure everything

went on as politely as usual.
I got the impression in the
third paragraph (Quote: In
other words, Mr. Bostick told
the Commission, in effect, no
matter if it is the law, I don't
like the system, and I want it
changed.) that Mr. Bostick
sticks in your craw, some-
what, because he wants to
"break a law". I'm sure that

rWO

* .' 'C..

you have probably already
guessed, he is an engineer.
He has a tendency to make
mountains out of ant hills.'
That discussion irritated
me to no end. They were
talking about big problems.
Big problems, I've found, are
not the problem at all. It's the
little problems and irrita-

life -would be very dull if Just last Saturday
there were no problems to thing happened to
overcome. If there were no you won't believe. I
hills to climb, they con- started out just like a
cluded, someone would take Saturday. Ourtfamily
a shovel and make some. Or, usual late-morning b;
as one man stated, they and I decided to get
might use a D-6 bulldozer. As to do some work arc

LETTERS.. .

also is not Mr. Bostick's
intention.
One of the main principles
in the American System of
Government is that if a law is
unfair, or is perceived as
unfair, challenge it in a court
of law; then, if it is proven to
be unfair, change the law. I
get the feeling that you, for
some reason or another,

y, some-
me that
The day
ny other
' had our
breakfast
dressed
found the

personally don't want this to
happen, but found no valid
reasoning against him other
than "It's against State and
Federal Law."
I'm afraid you're wrong.
Both the State and Federal
Government Systems work
with the Single Member
District concept. We elect
candidates to the United

house.
I put on some dungarees
and a golf shirt. Then,
because it was a bit chilly, I
decided to put on my heavy,
lace-up boots. After I had put
on my light jacket, I was
irritated to find, that the
dungarees I had put on were
too tight. I. couldn't bend
*Jver' fi w > .i ;idl 6-i
Then I had to make one of
those irritating decisions;
take off the boots and then
the dungarees or try to take
off the dungarees over the
high-top boots. My boots are
very thick and heavy. Be-,
(Continued on Page 3)

States House of Representa-
tives and to Tallahassee
based upon the populations of
assigned 'Districts'. One Re-
presentative is elected from
each District, and is answer-
able to his electors. The
electors vote only upon the
candidates for their district,
no other.
In the second paragraph of
the second column, the last
sentence says, quote, "Could
Mr. Bostick be covetous of
this seat himself?" Tsk-tsk-
(Continued on Page 3)

How Do You Tell the Professional Athlete from the Amateur Athlete?

- THIS IS MY LAST reference to
the beautiful srping' weather we're
having in the middle of our Panhandle
Winter.
The weather is such a pleasant
surprise to all of us, it must have
affectedd all the area editors in the
lame manner it affected me. Almost
all of the exchange weekly newspa-
pers I received last week had their
editors writing about the weather. All
were penning words one hardly ever
hears from an editor. If you had them
Ull together in person, one could
almost expect them to go tripping off
through the daisies, if their words
were any indication of their attitudes
toward the weather.
Editors--especially the weekly
variety-don't usually do that.
E. Even so, we're human'(in a way)
[nd we like a pretty day with mild
temperatures and plenty of sunshine
jfst like everybody else. Most of us
have a schedule which prevents us
from "wasting" most of a day playing
olf, but it only takes a few moments
M look at the greening of the grass or
the budding of the trees. We may be

beating a keyboard on Saturday
trying to, get a head start on the
following week and take the place of
some of the night work and so don't
have the opportunity to piddle in the

I WAS PERUSING the paper my
little brother publishes up in Chatta-
hoochee, Friday night after the
basketball game and I came up on a
reference he made concerning the

From what I have been reading in
the sports pages for the past month. I
have come up with a sure-fire way to
tell those amateur athletes from the
professionals. Of course, my method

ETA OINSHRDLU

SBy:WesleyR.Ramsey

yard or spend all day setting out bulbs
or flower shoots', but we can all pause
to admire what our wives have done in
the yard and make plans to begin
thinking about mowing the grass if it
ever grows.
So, you see, even we recluses in
the "Third Estate" have our more
tender moments...especially in the
spring.

Winter Olympics.
Brother Will said: "The Winter
Olympics are over and taking all
things into consideration the U.S. of A.
didn't do all that bad. Taking into
consideration that our athletes are
amateurs and their opponents were
mostly professionals, I think we did
right well".
I agree with Brother Will. We did
all right. I thought.

doesn't work every time, but it is a
good indicator for a good percentage
of the time.
From what I read, you can tell the
amateur athlete from the professional
because he's the one who doesn't use
cocaine.

CLERK OF THE COURT Jerry
Gates has had a late blossoming into
the mature adult world. I know this is

true because of a statement he made
last Thursday morning.
Jerry has discovered what causes
babies and that mothers go through a
right smart bit of pain having babies.
Jerry's comments, at the time were,
"I didn't know that", when speaking
of the miracle of birth.
Jerry is embarking on his 40's and
be has the miracle of birth discovered.
Jerry, you see, became a father
last week. His wife presented him
with an eight-pound boy and he was
there to witness the delivery. At no
time did he wish he could change
places with his wife, but he is more
sympathetic toward women after the
happening in which he played a minor
part. I understand he held his wife's
hand.
I won't go so far as to say Jerry is
out of his head with joy over the birth
of his son, but just don't you get near
him for the next week or so, or you will
have a cigar pressed into your hand
(female or male) and will hear the
story of how babies are born in
grinning detail.

I WENT TO Jacksonville a couple
of weeks ago for a two day indoctrina-
tion course by Xerox prior to being
made a representative for the firm in
Gulf, Calhoun and Liberty counties..,
I left town before daylight Thurs-
day morning and, following explicit
instructions, had no trouble finding
the Barnett Bank Building in Arling-
ton where the class was being held;:
That's unusual for me. If I don't get
lost two or three times in a large city,
I feel my day has not gone as it was
supposed to.
Friday, I left about 4:40 "To beat
the traffic". Everyone else was trying
to "beat the traffic" in Jacksonville
that day.
I found out that in Jacksonville,
you just follow the flow and if it
happens to go where you wanted to go,.
you're lucky. I was lucky. After about
20 minutes of driving, surrounded on
all four sides by cars, there, suddenly,
was Interstate 10 looming right ahead,'
in my lane.
The Lord looks after us country
folks in the big city.

Tides
The tide action in St.
Joseph's Bay is shown in the
tide table below. High and
low tides for each day of the
upcoming week are listed in
their respective columns.

sides that, they are new and
won't bend easily.
After I had one leg out (it
took about ten minutes) I
realized I had made a
mistake. It would have been
much easier to take off the
boots, take off the dungarees,
put on the other pair of jeans,
put the boots back on and be
on my way.
Do you think I stopped and
took off the boots? No sir! I
went right on trying to get the
other leg out with the boot on.
Ten minutes or so later I
finally removed the other leg
from the dungarees, with
boot still on.
Now, I reasoned, I had
passed the point of no return.
It would be a waste of time to
remove the boots just to put
on the other jeans. With that
thought paramount in my
mind, I jammed my left leg
into the other pair of jeans.
Fifteen minutes later, sweat-
ing and exhausted, I called
my wife for help.
So far, I had managed to
get my left leg through and
my right foot about half way
down the right pants leg.
There it was with my foot
sticking straight out like a
ballerina. The position of my
foot caused a severe cramp
to develop in the tendon of
my big toe and I couldn't
move it.
My wife rushed in to see
what was wrong. I asked her
to pull the pants leg back
down so I could take off my
boot. She pulled but the boot
(with my foot in it) was
stuck.
"Pull harder!" I scream-
ed. "My foot is killing me!"
With that she put her foot
on the edge of the bed and
gave a mighty pull. She
pulled so hard that it pulled
me off the bed and I hit the
floor with a hearty "thud."
At the same time my head hit
the bed post. and almost
knocked me unconscious. My
rear end hurt from hitting the
floor and I sprained my right
wrist trying to catch myself
when I fell. And my foot, boot
and sock were still in the leg
of the jeans.
After my wife had taken a
pair of scissors and cut the
new pair of dungarees off my
leg, I took off my boots, socks
and shirt and went backlto.

bed.
It's things like that that
make life so interesting...and
irritating!

Letters:

Proud Of Our
Commission
I was proud of our stout-
hearted county commission-
ers when in January they
decided to attack the killer
palms that line County Road
30. Their actions .were going
to be heroic because so many
lives were lost to them. Our
stalwart county commission-
ers were cutting them down.
But they didn't count the
protectors of the past. This
pack of do gooders had their
reasons to protect the trees,
However, I can not under-
* stand the logic.
For some reason the coun-
ty commissioners weakened
and 'reversed! themselves.
They ran from their responsi-
bility. The innocent would go
unprotected.
Maybe .it is time for a
change? Are there any red
blodded persons out there?
Clyde Branson

County
(Contipued from Page 1)
(he Commission:
-Appointed Commissioner
Gortman to work in the
planning of a 10th anniver-
sary celebration for the Dead
Lakes State Park.
-Received a notice from,
the Department of Transpor-
tation that the- Oversareet
Road woold not be turned
back to the county until it is
widened; resurfaced and the
bridge :at Overstreet is re-
placed. The letter estimated
all this work would be done
by fiscal 1986.

Auto Theft
Ronald Janies Laurimore,,
age 28, of White City, was
charged with auto theft in an
incident that occurred at-
Dempsey's Lpunge when a
1970 Ford Pinto was stolen,
recently.
The vehicle swas later re-
covered in the ditch on State
Road 71 south of WeWahitch-
ka. The vehicle belonged to
Robert Beatty of Wewahitch-
ka.
The incident was investi-
gated by Deputy Frank Mills
of the Gulf County Sheriff's
Department and Chief Jona-
than Glass of the Wewahitch-
ka Police Department. *

Letter
(Continued from Page 2)

tsk. Honestly, now, Mr. Ram-
sey, what difference does it
make? I found it a childishly
inane argument against his
views. It seems to intimate
Mr. Bostick's character, or is
this your judgement of the
man personally?
Instead of waving red flags
around Mr. Bostick, and
flatly denouncing his grie-
vances, why didn't you ex-
plore the services provided to
the Williamsburg Subdivi-
sion, or probe the causes and
effects of Single Member
Districting?
Personally, I'm not sure
that Gulf County is right for a
Single Member District Sys-
tem. to .work effectively;
however, unlike your editori-
al; I'll Iattempt to explain
why.
First, the idea is good for
an area with heavy popula-
tion: Each board member
would represent an equal
number of people (10,000,
100 000,, 1,000,000 or what-
ever) who actually Vote. This
would enable the Represen-
tative to get a viable feed-
back from his constituency
so he could act accordingly.
-In Gulf County, what is the
percentage of registered vo-
ters who actually vote?
Second, when Single Mem-
ber Districting is in effect, a
problem' is built into the
system. How to divide the
people iup into precincts?
Four districts with 25 percent
.of the 'population each; ten:
with 10 percent each? Also,
where are the lines separa-
ting the Precincts to be
drdwn? Gerrymandering
could effectively eliminate
the Blacks' Voting Power by
cutting -chunks out of: the
North Side of Port Saint Joe,
and Williamsburg Subdivi-
sion. I am quite sure that this
would not be what Mr. .
Bostick is looking for, but an
unprincipled Representative
would have the power to do
this;.
'Third, the present system
would be,much more effec-
tive if the people actually got
out! and voted. Mr., Bostick,
your cause would be much
m9re effective if you organi-
zed a voting campaign. Try
to get the Blacks to vote
enuiasse.upon,the issues you
are for and against. The real
turnouts at the polls for both
Black and White folks would
shame Thomas Jefferson.
Run for office, then push
forf the, Black vote. I, just
might vote for you myself. I
always favor the underdog,
especially when he tries 'to.!
change what he sees is
wrong. Sincerely,
Kevin D. Byrne

Free Blood
Pressures
The St-. Joseph Bay Chap-
ter .f the American Associa-
tiori of Retired Persons' will
give free blood pressure
readings to persons of all
ages at the Florida National i
Bank on March 5 from 10
a.m. EST to .1 p.m. EST.
Registered nurses will
make the readings, so come
protect; your health, help
avoid a stroke, by having
your blood pressure checked
free.

Congressman Fuqua's Representative to Visit In Gulf County

Congressman Don Fuqua
(D. FL) announces that a
representative from his of-
fice will be in the following
towns on Wednesday, March
7 to listen to problems and
comments regarding federal
agencies and legislation:

Overstreet, Post Office, 10:00-11:00 a.m.;

Mrs. Stewart Dies In Georgit

.Mrs.'Mellie Mae Stewart,
88, ofi Climax, Georgia died
February 20 in Tallahassee
Memorial Regional Medical
Center. She was a life long
. resident of Climax, and was a
homemaker. She was a mem-
ber of Climax Baptist
Church.
Survivors include: three
,sons, John H. Stewart of
Warner Robins, Ga., Edward

Mrs. Owens, 64
Dies Monday
Mrs. Pauline Redd Owens,
64, passed away Monday,
February 27 in' Panama City
following a brief illness. She
was a resident of Panama
City f6r the past 26 years, and
resided at 1808 Mound Ave-
nue. She was a native of
Wewahitchka.
She is survived by: two
daughters, Marion Jean
Smith of Panama City, and
Ann Leavins of Panama
City; one brother, J. M. Redd
of Bayou George; one sister,
Dorothy Forehand of Honey-
ville; and six grandchildren,
Linda Phillips, Anita Deese,
David Leavins, Mark Smith,
Randy Smith and Kenneth
Leavins, all of Panama City.
Funeral services will be
held at 2:00 p.m. CST Thurs-
day at the Honeyville Metho-
dist Church with Dr. L. E.
Wade and Rev. Norman
Hodges officiating. Inter-
ment will follow in Roberts
Cemetery.
All arrangements are un-
der the direction of Comfort-
er Funeral Home.

El

Stewart of Attapulgus, Ga.,
and James Stewart of Jones-
boro, Ga.; five daughters,
Estelle Wade of Tallahassee,
Dorothy Perry of Climax,
Ga., Florence Boyette of Port
St. Joe, Edith Harvey of Port
St. Joe, and Annette Lowery
of Port St. Joe; one brother,
Albert Lambert of Valdosta,
Ga.; 20 grandchildren; and
20 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, February 22 at
2:00 at Climax Baptist
Church with Rev. Jack Clark
and Rev. Haskell White
officiating. Active pallbear-
ers were her grandsons.
Interment followed in Pine
Forest Baptist Church Ceme-
tery.
.. : -:

.Robin Ann Smith and
Kerry Vaughan Merritt were
wed on February 18th at
Westside Baptist Church in
Wewahitchka. The double
ring ceremony was perform-
ed by the Reverend Kyle

MR. AND MRS. MERRITT

Slater.
.:The bride is the daughter of
,rs. John Charles Griffin of
Wewahitchka, and Robert
Stplith of Richmond, Va. She
io-the granddaughter of Mr.
i id Mrs. Roland James
dallahan of Richmond, Va.
W.

The bridegroom is the son
of Jim Merritt of Wewahit-
chka, and Mrs. Irma Merritt
of Stuart. He is the grandson
of Mrs. Rose Sauvage of
Stuart.
The couple will reside in
Panama City.

Raines, Hogue
Final Plans

Mrs. Mary Williams of
Port St. Joe is announcing
the approaching marriage of
her daughter, LaFretta
Elaine Raines to Henry
Adam Hogue, the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Hogue of
Port St. Joe.
The wedding will take
place March 10th at 7:00 p.m.
at Zion Fair Baptist Church.
All relatives and friends of
the couple are cordially
invited to attend. A reception
will follow immediately after
the ceremony.

Mr. and Mrs. Mansfield
Gainer of Port St. Joe are
announcing the approaching
marriage of their daughter,
Renece Gainer to Michael
Jerome Pierce, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Pierce of
Apalachicola.

The wedding will take
place March 10th at 3:00 p.m.
at Philadelphia Primitive
Baptist Church in Port St.
Joe.
All friends and relatives of
the couple are cordially
invited to attend.

Art Guild Plans for

Its Spring Art Show

The Community Service
Art Guild met February 8th
at the lovely home of Selma
Shoemaker, Guild President.
Excitement grew as plans
were being made for the
coming year, priorities being
given to the Spring Art Show,
and money making projects
to support the Gulf County
Association for Retarded Ci-
tizens.
A Valentine's Day Party
was planned for February
15th at the El Patio Restaur-
ant in Panama City.
New officers for the
r. coming-yea are: Mrs. Selma
Shoemaker, President; Mrs.
Virginia Young, Vice Presi-

dent; Mrs. Betty Turner,
Secretary; and, Sarah Allen,
Treasurer.
After the meeting was
adjourned, delicious refresh-
ments were served by the
hostess to the following mem-
bers: Ann Sealey, Karla
Peterson, Easter Nichols,
Ollie Houseman, Irma Sol-
lars, Bobbie Davis, Virginia
Young, Peggy Turner, and
Lillian Lampke.
The March 15th meeting of
the Guild will be held at the
home of Peggy Turner at 4
p.m..
Anyone interested in join-
ing the Guild can call Mirs.
Shoemaker at 648-8237.

ASHLEY AND RYAN

Stephens Twins Have Birthday
Ashley and Ryan Stephens celebrated their second
birthdays on February 18.
They are the twin sons of.
Arden and Susan Stephens.
Helping them enjoy their
party were cousins Corey,
U Erin and Sean Dupree, Ca-
rolyn and Brad Stephens, and
Adam Griffin, along with
S Aunts, uncles and grand-
parents Mamie Dupree, and
Mr. and Mrs. Emory Ste-
S. phens.

The Port St. Joe Garden
Club will meet March 8 at 2
p.m. EST at the Garden
Center on Eighth Street.
Mrs. Ethel Bridges, pro-
gram chairman, is present-
ing a talented guest flower
arranger who&will show how
to make more pleasing and
effective use of garden flow-
ers and greenery.

Mrs. Frenchie Ramsey and
Mrs. Sally Sulzerare taking
orders for white, two shades
of pink and red caladium
bulbs which have just ar-
rived from Lake Placid.
The hostesses are Mary.
Harrison, Elizabeth Stuart
and Sally Sulzer.
All interested ladies are
invited to attend.

Mary Schanback and Bill

Clark to Exchange Vows

Mr. and Mrs. George Sc-
hanback would like to an-
nounce the approaching mar-
riage of their daughter, Mary

Fendley

and Cooper

Nuptials

Mr. and Mrs. Pope Fendley
have announced the forth-
coming marriage of their
daughter, Rochelle McGee
Fendley, to Michael Emer-
son Cooper, son of Mrs.
Priscilla Cooper and the late
Ralph E. Cooper of Lexing-
ton Park, Md.
The wedding will be March
3rd at 2:00 p.m. at Peachtree
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's
Witnesses, Atlanta, Ga. All
friends and relatives are
invited to attend.

Wilsons Have
A New Son
Lt. and Mrs. Joseph M.
Wilson, USMC, formerly of
Port St. Joe, now stationed at
Camp Le Jeune, N. C. are
happy to announce the birth
of their son, John Clifford.
Cliff was born on February 23
and weighed 9 lbs. 2 ozs. He is
welcomed home by his sister,
Kim.
Proud paternal grand-
parents are Mr. and Mrs.
James T. Wilson of Port St.
Joe. Maternal grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. John
Dowrick of Andover, Mass.
Great grandparents are
Mrs. Jesse Clements and
Mrs. Ruth Register, both of
Panama City, and Mrs. Lau-
ra Dowrick and Mrs. Vinera
Hrcuz, both of New Jersey.

Jo to Ralph William: (Bill)
Clark, III on Saturday,
March 3, at the First United
Methodist Church, Mexico
Beach, 11:00 a.m. CST.
All friends and family are
invited to attend. No invita-
tions are being sent out.

ALEX, ADAM AND AARON

Triplets
Are One
Alex, Adam and Aaron
Richards celebrated their
first birthdays on February
10 with their parents, friends
and relatives.
Grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. J. D. Richards of
Apalachicola, and Mr. and
Mrs. J. D. Brake of Port St.
Joe.

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YOUNG DUNCAN

Engaged

Dr. and Mrs. Daniel W.
Duncan of Port St. Joe
announce the engagement of
their daughter, Evangeline,
to Samuel Young, son of Mr.
and Mrs. James E. Young. of
Oak Grove. ARTH
Evangeline is a graduate of
Curry High School in Jasper,
Alabama. She is currently a
student at Samford Univer- 0
sity, Birmingham, Alabama.
Sa.mmy is a graduate of Sherwin-Williams
Port St. Joe High School. He
is currently employed with PAINTS
Vic Griffin Construction
Company of Blountstown. Now A t
Western Auto
GRADUATION SUPPLIES Phone 227-1105
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CLINICAL HYPNOSIS &

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GULF COUNTY GUIDANCE CLINIC, INC.

227-1145

I Aline's Coiffures
315 Williams Avenue
Phone 229-6600

Would Like to Welcome
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I Upon the Closing on March 6th of
SBetty's Beauty Shop.

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Competing In
Anita Davis received an
invitation to compete in the
Annual Small World meet in
North Miami Beach. She will
be competing against other
gymnasts from all over the
state of Florida who are eight
years old or under. Anita will
be competing in Class IV
routines on vaulting, uneven
bars, balance beam, and
free-exercise. Anith has been
taking gymnastics for 11

Miami Meet
years, and is also active in
the local dance program.
Anita is the seven year old
daughter of Christy and Jim
Davis of Mexico Beach. She
will be leaving for Miami
with her coach, Jennifer
Hendrix on Saturday, March
3. Competition will be Sun-
day, March 4th and they will
be returning home Tuesday
after a brief stop at Disney
World.

Want to see your chil-
dren featured in The Star?
Well you can! All children
brought by parent or guar-
dian, will be photographed
for a feature to be run
soon. Simply make your
appointment by calling
227-1278 now.
All photos will be pub-
lished and there's no
charge or obligation.
The photo session will be

Ebonyettes
Ebonyette, Inc. will hold its
regular monthly meeting on
the first Sunday in March at
the Gulf County Child De-
velopment. and Learning
Center at 4:00 p.m.
Many future plans will be
introduced to the members,
among them a Tyndall din-
ner.
. All members are encour-
aged to attend this important
meeting.

PTA Breakfast
The next Parent-Teacher
Breakfast of Highland View
Elementary School will be
held next Wednesday, March
7. from 7:30-8:15 a.m.
I AHpaIents are encouraged&
to attend. Teachers will be
available for conferences
during this time.
School will begin at 8:15
a.m.

Prayer Group
Speakers for the Tuesday
morning men's prayer group
for the month of March are
as follows:
March 6, Rev. Jerry Huft.
March 13, N. G. Martin.
March 20, Rev. Donald
McMillan.
March 27, A. J. McCreary.

held here at The Star next
Thursday, March 8 from
2:00 to 7:00 p.m.
This is for all ages and
groups too.
If you've been wanting a
nice family portrait you
have the option of purchas-
ing one while the pho-
tographer is here.
Only the kids' pictures
will be published.

Neels Welcome
New Daughter

Allen and Beth Neel are
proud to announce the ar-
rival of their daughter, Mary
Elizabeth LaShea. She was
born Feb. 17, at Gulf Coast
Community Hospital. She
weighed seven pounds, three
ounces.
Her grandparents are Bob-
by Neel of Miami, Mrs. Betty
Huff of Houston, Texas and
Paul Presnell of Port St. Joe.
Her great grandparents
are Mrs. Wade B. Neel, Mr.
and Mrs. M. P. Tomlinson
and Mr. and Mrs. B. L.
Presnell, all of Port St. Joe.

Special Guest
for Communion
A special service of prayer
and Holy Communion has
been planned for the First
United Methodist Church for
Ash Wednesday, March 7.
Rev. Langdon Garrison, Pas-
tor of First United Methodist
Church in Panama City, will
be in Port St. Joe to speak on
"The Meaning of the Cross in
Life Today".
The Worship Service on
Ash Wednesday will be at
7:00 P.M. in the Sanctuary.

Class Takes A
Field Trip

In January, Mrs. Juanise
William's third grade class-
room took a very informative
and entertaining field trip to
Tallahassee. While in Talla-
hassee, they took a tour of the
state capitol, had lunch at
Chuck E. Cheese, and visited
the Tallahassee Junior Mu-
seum.

f ,March Comes In Like
A Lion, It Will Go Out
Like A Lamb.

Eye

By Dr.
Wesley Grace

GLAUCOMA IS
DANGEROUS
Glaucoma, the, build-up of
abnormal pressure in the
eyeball, is the second major
cause of blindness in the
western world. In its earl-,
iest, most controllable stage,
there is generally no pain
and no overt symptoms. By
the time pain or diminished
vision propel the patient intd
'the doctor's office, damage
has already been done to the
eye.
The best defense against the
ravages of uncontrolled
glaucoma is a regular eye
examination-especially if
you're over 35. In addition to
measuring visual skills, a
thorough eye examination
for anyone over 35 should in-
clude:
1. An internal eye examina-
tion in which some signs of
glaucoma may be detect-
ed.
2. A visual field test which
measures changes in side
vision, the first area af-
fected in most glaucoma
cases.
3. A TONOMETRY TEST:
Using an instrument call-
ed a tonometer, your opto-
metrist measures the
amount of pressure in the
eyeball. The test is
painless and takes only a
few minutes.
Early treatment of glau-
coma, generally with the use
of drops, can usually control
pressure in the eye and pre-
vent permanent loss of vi-
sion.
Brought to You As A
Community Service by

Birthday and
The Herring Family, W.J.
"Fish", Sarah, Bill and
Sarah Claire had a special
celebration this weekend. It
started Friday afternoon as
W. J. "Fish" left the St. Joe
Paper Company for the last
time after .43 years. He was
greeted by a special clown
complete with balloons as
well as his family. Saturday
night a seafood dinner was
enjoyed at the Herring home.

W. J. "FISH" HERRING

PTA Breakfast
Port St. Joe Elementary
School will hold its next
Parent-Teacher Breakfast on
March 7 from 7:-30-8:30.
Breakfast will be served in
the school library, and tea-
chers will be in their class-
rooms to meet with parents.

NICHOLAS COMFORTER

One Year Old
Nicholas Comforter cele-
brited his first birthday on
February 22 with a party for
his friends at the home of his
parents, Rocky and Ann
Comforter.
Joining in the celebration
and fun were: Bonnie Belin,
Jennifer Patterson, Andy
Shoaf, Benjamin Ashcraft,
Jacob Tankersley, Joseph
Etheridge, Matthew Bond,
Jarrod Wester, and some of
his adult friends.
Nicholas is the grandson of
the late Mr. and Mrs. W. P.
Comforter of Port St. Joe,
and Rev.'and Mrs. Ambers
Aldridge, Jr. of Brilliant,
Alabama.

Philadelphia
Sets Men's Day
The men of Philadelphia
Primitive Baptist Church
will celebrate their "Annual
Men's Day" this Sunday
beginning at 9:45 a.m. The
morning speaker will be
Evangelist Walter Robinson
of Panama City, and the 6:00
p.m. speaker is Rev. O. H.
Walker of Apalachicola.
Everyone is invited to
attend all the services.

RANDALL MOORE

Two Years Old
Randall Moore, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Mark Moore, cele-
brated his second birthday on
February 6th with a party at
his new home. To celebrate
with him were Brenda Kay
and Rita Wilson, Jason Alan
Forsten and Grandmother
Mary Jane Linsey, David
and Peggy Lee, Gean and
Tina Smith, Bonnie Parker
and children.
Randall's grandparents
are Mary Jane Linsey, and
Sue Walker and Lamar
Moore of Port St. Joe.

I ?CIVILIZATION'S DISEASE
DENTAL CARIES (Cavities)
Fermentable carbohydrate foods with a high sugar
sucrose content are believed to be the chief cau.e of
producing dental caries. Cutting down on sweets and
other sucrose-containing snacks is one of the first rules
B of dental health education. Strengthening the hard
glossy outside enamel of the tooth is also important,
and this is helped bhy the fluoridation of drinking
water.
The next preventive measure is in reducing, by 1y
vigorous brushing, the amount of dental plaque that
accumulates at the base of teeth and gum junction. .
Dental Caries start underneath this plaque. The I
brushing also helps to eliminate inflammation of the
gums and reduce calculus which could lead to disease
of the gums. We carry a complete stock of dental' aids.
"A GREAT MANY PEOPLE ENTRUST US
with their prescriptions, health needs and other
pharmacy products. We consider this trust a
privilege and a duty. May we be your personal
family pharmacy?"

BUZZETT'S DRUG STORE

Free Parking Drive-In Window
229-8771 317 Williams Ave. Port St. Joe

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The Port St. Joe Kiwanis Club
presented Gulf Coast Community College
with a check for $1,000 last week,'fo be
applied toward a $10,000 fund the Club is
building, which will provide a perpetual
scholarship to the college. The Kiwanis
Club made its first installment toward
the fund last year and has taken on the
responsibility of building the scholarship

Sharks Win District Title

Lose Out In Regional Competition Tuesday

The season is over for the
Sharks' basketball team.
After knocking off Blounts-
town and Havana in the
District play-offs last week
end, the Sharks were
slaughtered by the Jefferson
County Tigers Tuesday night
in Region 2-AA competition.
The Tigers completely dom-
inated the Sharks in a 90-58
win in Monticello.
The Sharks had lost earlier
by 12 points to Monticello, but
the coaches and team-still
felt they had a good chance to
defeat them Tuesday night.
The Tigers bounded off to a
23-13 lead at the end of the
first quarter and just kept
-piling it on. The Tigers put
the icing on their night's
performance by scoring 31
big points in the last quarter

alone.
The Sharks were a cold-
shooting team Tuesday
night, having only two play-
ers scoring in double figures.
Michael Pittman led. the
team with 16 points. Michael
Harris barely got into the
double figure scoring bracket
with his 10 points.
The team's regular high
scorers other than Pittman-
.Doug Robinson, Durey Cad-
well and Josh Jenkins-were
shut down by Jefferson.
The Sharks ended' their
season with a '20-8 record
after 'going to January 24
without a single loss.
Score by quarters:
The Tigers had six players
scoring in double figures,
with Sam Jones leading the
pack with his 17 points.
Score by quarters:
Port St. Joe 13 12 16 16-58
Jefferson 23 22 14 31-90
PORT ST. JOE-Robinson
3-3-9; Pittman 6-4-16; Harris
5-0-10; Cadwell 1-2-4; Jenkins
2-2-6; Thomas 1-2-4; Butts
2-0-4; Burke 1-2-4.
JEFFERSON-Jones 7-3-
17; Byrd 6-2-14; Btoxsie
5-3-13; Mayes 5-0-10; Star-
ling 4-5-13; Brookins 3-0-6;
Denmark 0-1-1; Johnson 1-0-
2; Grant 6-2-14.

The Sharks got to Jefferson
by defeating the Hdvana
Gladiators, 82-76 in the Dis-
trict finals here Saturday
night.
Josh Jenkins scored a
season-high 24 points to pace
the Shark victory. Doug
Robinson scored 21 points,
Durey Cadwell had 17 and
Demetre Thomas pumped in
10 for the Sharks.
The Sharks defense held
the Gladiators hot-shooting
Fred Hannah to only 13
points. Reginald Williams
scored 21 points to lead the
Havana team scoring.
After both teams missed
their first few shots, Havana
jumped off to a two point lead
and held' it for less than a
minute. It was the only time
in the game in which the
Gladiators were ahead. Sev-
eral times they made a run
for the lead, but the Sharks
always rallied to up their
lead by up to 11 points.
The Gladiators caine to
within three points late in the
third quarter, which was
their most serious threat in

the second half.
It appeared as if the Sharks
were in trouble early in the
game when Mike Pittman
came up with three fouls
against him in the first
quarter. Chris Butts came
into the game replacing
Pittman, and played a good
game until the last three
minutes, when Pittman came
back in.
Havana had defeated the
Sharks in the conference
tournament earlier in the
month.
Score by quarters:
Port St. Joe 20 15 26 21-82
Havana 14 16 22 24-76
PORT ST. JOE-Robinson
6-9-21; Pittman 1-4-6; Harris
0-0-0; Cadwell 6-5-17; 'Jenkins
22-2-24; Thomas 3-4-10; Butts
1-2-4.
HAVANA-Hannah 6-1-13;
Rochelle 4-1-9; Evans 4-4-12;
Harvin 2-0-4; Williams 8-5-21;
President 4-3-11; Holton 3-0-6.

A 69-65 win over the
Blountstown Tigers Friday
night, put the Sharks into the
Saturday night finals for the
Region championship.
The Tigers, which bad been
beaten twice by the Sharks
this season, made a serious
run at the District crown

Rifle Club

To Meet

Tonight

The Gulf Rifle Club will
hold the monthly meeting at
7:30 p.m. on March 1. The
meeting will be held at the
classroom trailer at the Rifle
Range on Highway 71 North.

Plans for the spring and
summer programs will be
firmed up at this meeting.
You are invited to come early
and bring your "Shooting
Iron" ,to have some fun
before the meeting. All mem-
bers and anyone interested in
any of the activities are
urged to attend.
New officials for the club
for this year are: David
Ambrose, President; Charlie
Stephens, Treasurer; and
Joe Walker, Secretary.

Night

Friday, when they gave the
Sharks about all they could
handle. With a tied score at
half time, the Tigers stayed
within striking distance for
the entire game. With five
minutes left in the game, the
Tigers tied the Sharks, 52-52,
but couldn't sustain their
momentum to gain and keep
the lead.
Josh Jenkins paced the
Sharks scoring with his 16
points. Michael Pittman and
Durey Cadwell each had 14
and Terry Woullard tossed in
10.
Michael Mosley paced the
Tigers with his 24 points.
Score by quarters:
Port St. Joe 20 12 16 21-69
Blountstown 18 14 16 17-65
PORT ST. JOE-Robinson
2-0-4; Woullard 4-2-10; Pitt-
man 6-2-14; Cadwell 6-2-14;
Jenkins 5-6-16; Thomas 3-3-9;
Butts 0-2-2.
BLOUNTSTOWN Brown
6-1-13; Mosley 9-6-24; Koonce
2-2-6; Bess 3-5-11; Maines
4-1-9; Hatchett 1-0-2.

fund to the point where it will earn
enough interest to fund a scholarship
each year. 1'hie clhib aisles iney for the
fund from its various projects throughout
the year. In the photo above, Kiwanis
treasurer, Al Ray, left, presents the
check to Ian Barker, who is director of
scholarship funds at the college.
-Star photo

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Durey Cadwell (23) plays a strong defense against
Havana's Richie Evans in the District playoffs.

The Frozen Foods and Dairy Products
listed in Saveway's Ad in This Week's
Edition Are The Correct Items On
Sale Feb. 29-Mar. 6. The items in
these sections printed on their ad
which you receive in the mail are in-
correct. An apology is extended for
any inconvenience this might cause.

5,000 Meter Race and

Fun Run Slated for Sat.

The Port St. Joe Lions Club
Will host a 5,000 Meter "Run
for Sight" and one mile Fun
Run on Saturday, March 3.
The Fun Run, with seven
male-female age brackets,
will start at 9:00 a.m. (East-
ern). The 5,000 Meter "Run
for Sight", with 'en male-
female age brackets, will
begin at 9:30 a.m. (Eastern).
Both runs offer an excellent
-ourse which will start on
Allen Memorial Way near the
Constitution Museum in Port
St. Joe. T-Shirts will be

presented to all entries.
Trophies, age group awards,
and ribbons will also be
presented. Entry fees are $5
for the 5,000 Meter Run arnd
$4 for the one mile Fun Run.
Sponsors for the Lions
"Run for Sight" include Gulf
Pines Hospital, Byrd and Son
Beverages, Citizens Federal
Savings and Loan, Hardee's
Restaurant, Regency Build-
ers and Sylvachem Corpora-
tion. All proceeds will be
donated to the Port St. Joe
Lions Club for sight conser-

ovation and community ser-
vice projects. For further
information contact race di-
rectors: James Hanlon at
(904) 648-5207 or Greg Turner
at (904) 227-1328.

Public Notices
NOTICE UNDER
FICTITIOUS NAME STATUTE
Notice is hereby given that the under-
signed, desiring to engage in business
under the fictitious name of GULF SUN
ENTERPRISES at P. 0. Box 13944, Mex-
ico Beach, Fla., intends to register said
fictitious name with the clerk of the Cir-
cuit Court of Gulf County, Florida.
GULF SUN ENTERPRISES
By: Joel L. Thornton, Jr.
Martin Hayes
Jim Cassels
4tc 311

NOTICE
The regular School Board meeting
scheduled for March 6th has been re-
scheduled for March 13th at 5:30 p.m.
2tc3/1

/4 GOOD
SEASONS
to see your good
neighbor agent

CAR HOME
LIFE e HEALTH
BILL WOOD
411 Reid Ave.
229-6514 or 229-6103
Like a good neighbor.
State Faorm is there.

Dixie Youth Baseball re-
gistration will be held at the
Athletic House on Reid Ave-
nue from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m. on March 5th through
the 17th for boys and girls
ages eight through 14.
All new boys and girls and
all those who played last year
must register again this
year. Registration fee is
$15.00 for first child and
$10.00 for each child there-
after per family.

90 DAYS SAME AS CASH o, r.ol.in charge I FIreone st es and many Flrse dealers.
see Minimum monthly payment required. All finance charges funded whenfpaid as agreed. We sile nor Visa Maete
Card DOlner Club Carte llanche American ELpres. Prices and credit plans shown are available at Firetone
l. Sea your independent Firelstlone dealers t therlf pricea and credit plans. Slores and dealers are listed In Oh
a sllw P II we t should .ell out o your *e well give you a "ralnheck" asaurlng liter deliver at he advertised price.

PATE SERVICE CENTER

T'HE STIAR. Port St. Joe. Fla

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"'l: STAR, Port St. Joe. Fla. THIIIRSDAY, MARCH 1, 1984 PAGE SEVEN

The NJROTC Unit had a
most successful trip to San
$) Diego during the first week of

February. This was a unique
trip which combined activi-
ties with naval orientation

visits and some actual cadet
training at the Navy's ap-
prentice school. For most of

t

Gulf County NJROTC students wait on board the USS Frederick, a Landing
on the parking apron at Tyndall Air' Ship Tank, at the San Diego Naval
Force Base, waiting to go on board a Base. There were 63 NJROTC cadets
Navy C-9 for the trip to San Diego, from Gulf County who made the trip.
California on a training exercise. In the For many, it was their first time to fly
photo at right, members of the Corps go or visit on board a Navy ship.

NJROTC Visits Sai

The Chipola Basin Protective Group, Inc.
P. 0. Box 182 Altha, Florida 32421
is in support of the

REMOVAL OF THE

DEAD LAKES DAM

We have joined with others who seek the removal of this destructive
dam from the Chipola River and have agreed to lend our financial
support to this effort. The citizens of Gulf and Calhoun Counties will
have the opportunity to express their wishes on this issue by a non-
binding vote in,the March 13, 1984 election. We will expend member-
ship dues collected from the publication of this ad for the purpose of
educating the public before this election about the environmental
status of the Dead Lakes and Chipola River system. We will thus be
facing the issue and supporting the return of the Chipola River Basin
to its natural state. By joining us, you expand our membership and
strength so that we might together stand as a watchguard for, and
over, our greatest North Florida resources its people, its rivers,
lakes and bays. Help us tell the true story about the. Dead Lakes
Dam. Why it was built, how it was financed, and how it has destroyed
the natural beauty and productivity of the Chipola River Basin. Dona-
tions in any amount in addition to membership dues will help in this
effort and a full financial accounting will be made.

I'd like to support the Chipola Basin Protective Group, Inc. and receive its
newsletter.

the 63 making the trip the
excitement started out when
they boarded the C-9 Jet
aircraft at Tyndall Air Force
Base for their first flight. On
the trip out a refueling stop
was made at Kelly Air Force
Base at San Antonio, Texas
which was one and one half
hours after takeoff. From
Kelly to San Diego it took
another two and a half hours.
Arrival at San Diego was at
2:30 in the afternoon in bright
sunshine with the tempera-
ture in the seventies. The
remainder of the first day
was spent getting settled
down and adjusting to the
time zone changes.
Thursday morning a visit
to the Naval Air Station
Mirmar was made. The
highlight of this visit was a
presentation made by Fight-
er Squadron 154 (VF-154), the
Black Knights, who provided
a detailed rundown on the
Navy's F-14 fighter including
a close up look at this
aircraft. Everyone came
away with a feeling of pride
and admiration for the pro-
fessional attitude this squad-
ron displays.
After lunch a short bus ride
was made to the Naval
Station San Diego for a most
enlightening visit aboard a
Tank Landing Ship, the USS
Frederick (LST-.1l8.4) ,.Fo.l- ,
lowing coffee and doughnuts
members of the crew escort-
ed small groups in and

tIh laundry and calling
home
Upon returning to school on
Tuesday everyone comment-
ed on the experiences they
had encountered and on the
impact of a trip of this
nature. Of course there were
many pictures taken, and if
you are interested in viewing
some of these feel free to
come by the NJROTC room
and do so.
In closing, the NJROTC
Cnit would like to thank the
school board, the school
administration, and all
teachers in supporting them
on this tremendous trip.
Forthcoming activities in
March and April include a
field day at Tallahassee on
March 17 in which they will
compete against eleven other
Florida and Alabama
schools.' A second field day
will be held on March 27-28 at
Tyndall Air Force Base in
competition against Bay
County schools. A field orien-
tation trip to Ft. Bragg,
North Carolina April 23-27,
will give the cadets a look at
the Army's paratroop com-
mand.
There are only 230 Navy
JROTC units in the United
States, and Port St. Joe's unit
is one of the finest.

Commodities Given

Away Thursday, Mar. 1

Gulf County will receive
limited commodities distri-
bution on Thursday, March 1
in both Wewahitchka and
Port St. Joe.
The commodities will be
distributed to those residents
who have already registered.
however, anyone wishing to
register for the next distribu-
tion can do so on Thursday at
the distribution sites.
Wewahitchka residents
can pick up their commodi-
ties at the Main Street
Elementary School location

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GOODNESS

FAITH

at 8:00 A.M. CST. Port St. Joe
residents will receive distri-
bution at the Senior Citizens
meal site at Avenue D aifd
Peters Street at 2:00 P.M.
EST.
CARD OF THANKS
The family of Mrs. Myrtice
Jones wishes to thank all
their friends, relatives, the
hospital staff, and ambu-
lance crew during the illness
and death of our mother.
The Jones Brothers
and Mrs. Ruth House

HIGHLAND VIEW

CHURCH OF GOD

"Where Jesus Christ Is King
& God's Love Is An
Everflowing Fountain"

SUNDAY SCHOOL
MORNING WORSHIP
EVENING WORSHIP
WEDNESDAY EVENING
I

10:00 A. M
11:00 A.M
6:00 P.M.
7 00 P. M

Pastor Ira J. Nichols

HOTIE/HFMOICHNE INC 98Al IgtRerCHANNEL

Thr'GolUnecnLF CABLEnd nlyTheMovieChnne

around the entire ship going
out of their way to answer
any and all questions which
arose. Captain Smallwood
and the entire crew of the
Frederick provided a realis-
tic insight of LST operations.
On Friday morning a visit
to the Fleet Training Center
gave everyone an inside view
of some of the training naval
personnel receive. Class-
rooms were visited and the
training equipment in the
laboratories was viewed.
This included a look at a new
shipboard machine gun that
fires 3000 rounds per minute.
Friday afternoon was de-
voted to viewing a recruit
graduation including an im-
pressive parade of flags from
every state in the Union.
Saturday and Sunday was
spent visiting both the world
famous San Diego Zoo and
Seaworld. Weather for these
two days could not have been
better, and everyone had a
great time. Most were as-
tonished at the actual physi-
cal size of the zoo and the
thousands of animals found
there. Many pictures were
taken and much was learned
about the animals of the
world. Seaworld proved to be
just as interesting and ex-
citing as the zoo with its
.many exhibits ,and show
performances put on by the
trainers and the animals.
Even though there are many
things to see and do at
Seaworld; the star of this
entire extravaganza was
"Shamou" the killer whale.
Monday was devoted to
classroom presentations on
methods of transferring
equipment from one ship to
another while at sea, and in
handling aircraft aboard
ship. In both cases everyone
had the opportunity to prac-
tice and put to practical use
those things learned in the
classroom.
Evening hours were spent
aboard the Naval Training
Center and were devoted to
such activities as bowling,
video arcade, swimming,
and of course, catching up on

The Ladies' Auxiliary of
the Mexico Beach Volunteer
Fire Department will meet
tonight, March 1, in the Fire
Hall on 14th Street at 7 P.M.
Central Time.

The nominating commit-

tee, consisting of Arlene
McCullough, Hazel Harris,
and Marge Perryman, are to
present their slate of officers.
All members are urged to
attend this' meeting, and
visitors and friends are al-
wnvs welcome.

Congratulations to the stu-
dents who were selected to
play in the District 15 Honor

Public Notices.
NOTICE OF INTENDED ACTION
THE GULF COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD
Purpose and Effect: The Gulf County
School Board proposes to amend and
adopt a policy, as provided for in the
Administrative Procedure Act. for the
purpose of bringing said policies into
compliance with Florida .Statutes
Summary: A proposed rule. Chapter
6GX23.3.513(s). relating to Adult School
Graduation will establish the method of
.earning credits toward receiving a
diploma.
A proposed rule. Chapter 6GX23-
3.514(2). relating to the General
Equivalency Diploma (GED) will
establish general criteria in candidacy
approval.
Economic Impact: These proposed
policies will result in no direct costs
associated with implementation.
IF REQUESTED. A HEARING WILL BE
HELD AT:
5:30 P.M., E.T.. March 13. 1984
at Board Room. Gulf County School
Board Office, Gulf County Courthouse.
Highway 71, Port St. Joe. FL 32456. *
The entire text of the proposed rules
can be inspected during regular office
hours at the Gulf County School Board
Office. Gulf County Courthouse,
Highway 71, Port St. Joe, Florida.
Special legal authority under which the
adoption is authorized and the law be-
ing implemented and interpreted are
made specific.
The changes are proposed by C.T. Wat-
son, Director of Special Programs, and
approved for consideration by B. Walter
Wilder. Superintendent.
Amendments:
Rule Title
3.513 Adult School Graduation
3.514 General Equivalency Diploma
3tc 2/23
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
Board of County Commissioners of
Gulf County, Florila will hold two
public Hearings to consider the ques-
tion of closing, vacating and discon-
tinuing a portion of a public street or
alleyway, described as follows:
THAT. CERTAIN alley lying bet-
ween Lots 7 through 13 and.Lots
20 through 14 in Block 15 of Yon's
Addition to Beacon Hill as per of-
ficial plat thereof recorded in Plat
Book 1, page 45, Public Records of
Gulf County, Florida.
Each public hearing will be held in
the County Commissioners meeting
room at the Gulf County courthouse on
the following dates: 1st hearing on
March 13, 1984, at 9:30 A.M., EST. 2nd
hearing on March 27,.1984 at 7:30 P.M.,
EST.
Comments from any interested par-
ties regarding this question will be
welcome.
BOARD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
GULF COUNTY, FLORIDA
By: Is/ Everett Owens, Chairman
ATTEST:
Is/Jerry Gates, Clerk 2t 2/23

648-577

ERA PARKER

REALTY, Realtor

HIGHWAY 98 & 31st ST.
MEXICO BEACH, FLORIDA

1-800-874-5073 (Outside Fla.)
1-800-342-6692 (Inside Fla.)
Sales and Rentals. Real Estate Specialists for Over 30 Years.
"Call Us About These Listings as Well As A Large
Inventory of Beach Lots, Wetappo Creek Property
Commercial Property, Gulf Aire, Mini-Storage,
:Warehouse Rentals, etc.

Juniors and Seniors: The
ACT will be given at PSJHS
Saturday, March 31. Regis-
tration deadline is this Fri-
day, March 2. Come by the
Guidance Office to register.

Any senior interested in
architecture, please see Mrs.
Wood in guidance for a
workshop June 10-22 at the
University of Florida.

Any girls who are interest-
ed in trying out for Flag or
Rifle for senior band must
attend practice on Monday
and Tuesday each week. This
is required if you plan to try
out.
Students at Port St. Joe
.High extend a BIG "Get
Well Soon" to Keith Nixon.
We hope you are all well
soon.

Before long, it will be time
to pull out the blankets again
to sit in the stands of the
baseball field and cheer our
team on. The baseball team
has been practicing very
hard for quite a while now,
preparing themselves for
that first game (and the rest
to follow.) Their first game is
scheduled for- -March 1,-
against Apalachicola to be
played here beginning at
4:00.
Members of the baseball
team this year are as fol-
lows: David Bearden, Tony
Beard, Jeff Clayton, Brad
Bowen, Mitch Burke, Jim
Norton, Mitch Bouington,
Chris Butts, Stacy Strick-
land, Joe Norton, Jay Rish,
Kyle Pippin, Randy Wilder,
Tim Wilder, Warren Renfro,
Richard Ramsey, and Jed
Campbell. Head Coach is
Dennis Kizziah. Assistant
Coach is Shaw Maddox.

I-i-n

Caughills

Faith Bibl

Evangelist Paul
his wife, Sharon,

Shark

n ; r.

THE REPRESENTATIVES

Gospel Sing

at White City

A Gospel Sing will be held
at White City Assembly of
God Church on Saturday,
March 3 at 7:00 P.M. EST.
Featured will be the Repre-
sentatives Quartet from Cot-
tondale.
Rev. Charles E. Jackson
invites everyone to attend.

U

Announcing

Butler Contractors, Inc.

Fla. Reg. No. RG0025184

Port St. Joe, Florida

As The New And EXCLUSIVE Area

Builder Of MAYHILL Homes.

A BUILDER YOU CAN TRUST
Mayhill selected from the best of the
local builders one who is well-established and '
who takes pride in the homes he builds. '
A QUALITY HOME OF VALUE
A quality, individual home to meet all
building code requirements, your Mayhill
home will prove a wise investment. Mayhill
sizes range from 800 to over 3,000 square
feet.
LOAN SELECTION ASSISTANCE
Your Mayhill builder can assist you
with financing through FHA, VA, Farm Home,
Federal Land Bank or conventional lending
institutions. And he will build on your lot
or offer home sites for your selection.

A NATIONAL COMPANY'S REPUTATION
Mayhill Homes is recognized widely as
an innovator in the development of owner-
proven, architect-designed homes...with years
of experier.ce and building know-how to
support your local Mayhill builder service.
Don't postpone your home-building plans
any longer.' Your family deserves a new home,
and the current investment opportunities are
excellent...with Mayhill.

CARD OF THANKS
The family of Mrs. Mary
Ward Gay would like to
express our deepest appre-
ciation to the staff at St.
N \ Joseph Bay Care Center for
their kindness and care of
our departed loved one.
To our friends who were so
kind with their prayers, and
their gifts of food and flow-
ers. we would like to say
Thank You and God be with
each and everyone of you.
The Children
The Grandchildren
and Great Grandchildren
of Mrs. Mary Ward Gay

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THE CAUGHILLS
David will be at Faith Bible
At Church Sunday, March 4th
through Wednesday, March
le 7th. This series of special
meetings will begin at 7:00
Caughill, P.M. A nursery will be
and son provided.

(904) 227-1133
FRANK HANNON, Broker ROY SMITH, Sales Associate
MARGELYN WOODHAM, Broker KAREN KING, Sales Associate
HOMES
NEW ON THE MARKET! 3 BR. 2 ba. builder home with split bedroom plan,
Ig. kitchen. $61.000.
NEW ON MARKET 2 BR. 1 ba home. remodeled. energy efficient and only
$32.000.00.
NEW ON MARKET! Fishermen and those looking for a peaceful retreat will
like this cottage with extra camp house directly on Burgess Creek, only 3
mile from Chipola River. Price. $21.500.
Two BR. 1 bath house on Long Avenue in excellent repair has den and
fireplace. VA appraised at $30.000 and owner asking $29,500. so little cash
is needed.
Superb 4 BR. 3 bath brick home with 3000 sq. ft. of centrally heated and
cooled living space, fireplace in family room. formal living and dining com-
bination. All this on a spacious lot in excellent neighborhood.
Three bedroom. two bath brick home on 2 lots on st. Joe Beach. Perfect for
the family with in-ground swimming pool, screened patio, and triple
garage, workshop area. $85.000 and owner is willing to finance at 12% with
25% down.
3 BR. 1 ba. home on Long Ave. Owner asking $29.500 but willing to reduce
to sell.
This five year old home has 3 BR. 2 ba.. fireplace, den. spacious kitchen,
cen. h/a. Priced at $48.500. and owner is willing to take back second mor-
tgage.
RENTALS
3 BR. 1 bath home on stilts at Mexico Bch. Beautifully decorated and fur-
nished. Year-round availability. Owner asking $200 deposit. Rent $450 a
month. Two weeks free rent after deposit is made.
2 BR. 1 bath in town available March 15. Rent $175 mo., deposit $50, 6 mo.
lease.
COMMERCIAL LOTS
This lot on Reid Avenue has a low down payment and an assumable mor-
tgage. Invest now in this fine commercial location and be ready for the
future!
Lot 60x90' adjacent to beautiful professional building, an ideal office site
for $18,000.
RESIDENTIAL LOTS
Beautiful % A. tract with 100' of lagoon frontage on Indian Pass. Owner
asking $30,000 and willing to take back a second of $5,000. Great building
site for home.
UNDER MARKET at $58,000. 100' of gulf frontage on Cape San Bias, over
500' deep, in area of white sands and blue waters. Ideal for multi-family
development.
Owner financing available on this 100'x158' lot on 7th St., Mexico Beach,
$10,000.
150' building lot at Ward Ridge, $11,500.
At Indian Pass Beach nice high lot with water view of Gulf for $11,500 cash.
Buy now before prices increase in this fast-developing area.
330'x132' tract in Wewa, only $2,000.
Two acres more or less at Jones Homestead, $8,500.

FISHERMEN, WOODS-
LOVERS, will want this
white frame cottage located
on 75'x240' lot that backs up
to Burgess Creek. Cottage
has new roof & windows,
carpet/vinyl floors, Franklin
stove & cen. elec. heat & Ig.
screened porch facing the
creek. Bathroom in good
cond., house nicely furn.
Behind the main house is a
small camphouse that could
be renovated into a guest
house. Keep your boat
directly behind this cottage,
go % mile, and you're in the
Chipola River! $21,500. Call
227-1133, Hannon Realty,
Inc. tfc 2/16

Jobs Overseas Big money
fast. $20,000 to $50,000 plus
per yer. Call 1-716-842-6000,
ext. 22700. ltp 3/1
Waitresses & short order
cooks needed. Apply in per-
son at Village Square
Restaurant, Mexico Beach, 6
a.m. 9p.m. cst. It
Lady to do house cleaning
at Mexico Beach, 2 days a
week. Prefer someone from
beach area. Apply at
Athletic House, 229-6805.
Hardees of St. Joe will be
taking applications for part-
time employees 9-6 p.m.
Thursday, Mar. 1, and Fri..
Mar. 2, 9-4; and Sat., Mar. 3
from 1-6 p.m. See Donnie
Shirah at the Port St. Joe
High School at the J.T.P.A.
office. No phone calls.
Hardees/Sanders Rest. Inc.,
EOE.
Slt3/
Carrier needed for
Panama City News Herald.
Approximately 1 hour's
work a morning. $160 a
month. Call Mr. Cox at
229-8019.
tfc 2/9

BRANCH OFFICE
MANAGEMENT OPPORTUNITY

Strout Realty, a leader in the real estate industry, seeks
to establish a branch office in this area. This represents
a special opportunity for a qualified individual to join the
42-state Strout network of Offices.
Enjoy the freedom to manage your own business while
benefitting from the many advantages of a Strout affilia-
tion. You will receive personal assistance from Strout
personnel to help establish and operate your own pro-
fitable local agency. Strout will also furnish national and
local advertising. confidential prospect lists, computer
services. signage. business forms, and on-going train-
ing. All of this support for a small refundable deposit.
The special person for this opportunity must be
motivated, financially responsible. of excellent
character and have a real estate salesperson license If
you have management potential and ambition.. contact
us now for more information.
STROUT REALTY, Inc.
Lic. Real Estate Broker
P. 0. Box 939
Casselberry, FL 32707
1/800-641-4266
2t 2/23

and saves you about $100 yearly
in costly pest control services.
Use of Sprayer free with
purchase of Rid-A-Bug
HURLBUT SUPPLY CO.
306 Reid Avenue
Port St Joe. Florida

1983 200 SX Datsun, fully
loaded, $9,850. Call 648-8560.
tfc 12/22
The Gulf County Senior
Citizens Association is ac-
cepting sealed bids on a 1977
Dodge 12 passenger van.
This vehicle will require
mechanical work to make it
road worthy. All bids must
start at a minimum of
$200.00. Bids will be opened
on Monday, March 5, 1984.
This van can be inspected at
the Senior Citizens mealsite
at the corner of Ave. D and
Peters Sr. 2t 2/23

Babysitting in my home,
any age, any time. Debbie
Byrne; 229-8055, or come by
1020 Garrison Ave. 5tp 2/2
HANSON WELDING
SERVICE
By the Job or the Hour
We Come to You
Port St. Joe
229-6234 or 227-1474
8tp 1/26

RESIDENTIAL
CONSTRUCTION
REMODELING
Call 648-5373
tc 1/5
ST. JOE MACHINE CO.
Machine Work Welding
506 First Street
Phone 229-6803
Machinist on Duty All Day
Every Day

The Board of County Com-
mission of Gulf County, Flo-
rida, met January 24, 1984 in
regular session with the
following members present:
Everett Owens, Jr., Chair-
man, Douglas C. Birming-
ham, Jimmy 0. Gortman,
Billy Branch, and Eldridge
Money. Others present were:
Deputy Clerk Maurell Cum-
bie, Attorney William J.
Rish, Mosquito Control De-
partment Administrator and
Environmental Health Direc-
tor Doug Kent, and Lieu-
tenant-Bailiff Jack Davilla.
The meeting came to order
at 7:00 P.M.
Attorney William J. Rish
opened the meeting with
prayer and led the pledge of
allegiance to the flag.
Upon motion by Comm.
Gortman, second by Comm.
Birmingham, and unanimous
vote, the Board approved the
minutes of January 10, 1984.
Pursuant.to public adver-
tisement, the Board held the
first public hearing to consi-
der the question of closing,
vacating, and discontinuing
that certain street described
as follows: That portion of
Cherokee Street lying be-
tween Lot 1, Block 15 and Lot
17, Block 11, of Oak Grove
Subdivision as shown in Plat
Book 1, page 12, Public
Records of Gulf County,
Florida. After public com-
ment, the Board announced
the second and final public
hearing would be held on
February 14, 1984.
Hulon Walsingham, of
County-Wide Survey, pre-
sented the subdivision plat of
Gulf Aire Subdivision- Phase
Two for the Board's ap-
proval. After discussion,
Comm. Birmingham moved
the Board approve this plat
subject to Administrative
Assistant Kent performing
field work on this plat with
Road Superintendent Lester
and all county requirements
being met. Comm. Gortman
seconded the motion. Comm.
Branch instructed Admini-
strative Assistant Kent and
Road Superintendent Lester
to check on drainage prob-
lems at this proposed subdi-
vision during their field
work. (Check to see if water
has been re-routed). Upon
vote, the motion passed
unanimously.
Attorney Rish read'a pro-
posed resolution granting a
non-exclusive franchise to
Gulf Cable TV to provide
cable tv service to Oak
Grove. Upon motion by
Comli.m: Money, second, By-
Comm. Branch, and unani-
mous vote, the Board adopt-
ed resolution No. 84-3, a
resolution declaring that
there is a need for cable
television service in certain
areas of Gulf County, Flori-
da; granting a non-exclusive
franchise to provide for such
service; setting forth the.
requirements of the grantee,
and providing for an effec-
tive date. Resolution is on file
in Clerk's office.
Up9n motion by Comm.
Branch, second by Comm.
Birmingham, and unanimous
vote,, the Board approved
payment of an invoice from
Ballenger, Williams, Inc.,
Civil Engineers, Land Sur-
veyors, Land Planners, Port
St. Joe, Florida, in the
amount of $500.00 for a
boundary survey and legal
description in Section 25,
Township 7 South, Range 11
West and Section 30, Town-
ship 7 South, Range 10 West,
Gulf County, Florida. The
Chairman reported that this
property is approximately
5.3 acres located on the
Industrial Road (State Road
382) which could be used for a
convenient location of a
landfill transfer station, and
proposed the Board ex-
change an old clay-sand pit in
White City for this property.
Upon the Board's approval,
the Chairman instructed At-
torney Rish to complete this
transaction and present the
property exchange document
to the Board.
Upon motion by Comm.
Birmingham, second by
Comm. Gortman, and unani-
mous vote, the Board ap-
proved payment of 2 invoices
from Medical Examiner Wil-
liam A. Sybers, M. D., as
'follows: Segers, Charles (au-
topsy), $520.00; Segers, Jerry
(autopsy) $520.00.
Upon motion by Comm.
Birmingham, second by
Comm. Gortman, and unani-
mous vote, the Board ap-
proved payment of the fol-
lowing invoice: Marvin L.
Jones, Plumbing, heating,
building, and generator re-
pair, Port St. Joe, Florida,
$42.00.
The Board executed the
1984 State Aid to Libraries

Agreement between the State
of Florida Department of
State Division of Library
Services and the Board of
County Commissioners of
Gulf County.
Deputy Clerk Cumbie re-
ported the Board had re-
ceived from the City of Port
St. Joe, a list of unpaid Oak
Grove Water and Sewer
accounts which were deduct-
ed from the Oak Grove Water
and Sewer Bond Debt Pay-
Sment, totaling $1,676.44. Af-
ter discussion and the

Board's approval, the Chair-
man instructed Attorney
Rish to contact the City of
Port St. Joe Clerk, Alden
Farris, to inquire what pro-
cedure the Board can go
through to make collection on
these unpaid accounts.
The Chairman read a letter
to the Board from Road
Department Employee Ken
Strickland requesting a leave
of absence from Monday,
January 23, 1984 through and
including February 22, 1984.
Comm. Branch moved the
Board grant this request.
Comm. Gortman seconded
the motion. After discussion
by Comm. Birmingham con-
cerning the Board's person-
nel policy being that one
leave of absence shall not be
for more than 15 days,
Comm. Gortman withdrew
his second until the Board
reviewed the personnel poli-
cy concerning leave of ab-
sence. After the Board re-
viewed the personnel policy
and verified one leave of
absence shall not be for more
than 15 days, Comm. Gort-
man seconded the motion
upon the personnel policy's
requirement that the Super-
visor shall endorse his re-
commendation on the written
application for leave of ab-
sence. After discussion,
Comm. Branch added the
following provision to his
original motion: grant re-
quest provided the Road
Superintendent approves,
and upon vote, the motion
passed unanimously.
The Attorney presented a
copy of Beaches Water Sys-
tem Water Meter Specifica-
tions for filing, with a copy to
be sent to the county's
engineers on this project,
Barrett, Daffin, & Carlan,
Inc.
Pursuant to advertise-
ment, the Board then held the
second and final public hear-
ing to consider the adoption
of an ordinance closing two
alleys in Beacon Hill. After
public comment, Comm.
Money moved the Board
approve resolution No. 84-4,
authorizing the closing of the
alleys. Comm. Branch sec-
onded the motion, stating
that he had contacted several
people concerning this mat-
ter and they are not opposed
to it. After discussion, the
motion passed unanimously.
The resolution is on file in the
Clerk's office.
Attorney Rish reported
that he had prepared and is
now presenting to the Board
a pliblic ficftide; whlici is to be
- adveftise-,fn -lalinne B arid
will hold two public hearings,
first hearing on February 14,
1984 and second hearing on
February 28, 1984, to consi-'
der the question of closing,
vacating, and discontinuing a
portion of a street described
as follows, to-wit: Ninth (9th)
Street from Hayes Avenue to
Third (3rd) Avenue as per
plat of Forehand's Second
Addition to Highland View,
Florida, as per plat book 1,
page 50, Public Records of
Gulf County, Florida.
The Board received a letter
from Alton Colvin, Area,
Engineer, U. S. Department
of Army Corps of Engineers,
stating plans are being for-
mulated to perform main-
tenance dredging throughout
the Gulf County canal during
the spring of 1984. The letter
also stated that in the past
the Road Superintendent has
acted as the point of contact
when outlining the necessary
work to be performed and
asked to meet with either the
Board or its designee within
the next two weeks to outline
what work will be necessary.
After discussion, the Chair-
man requested the Board
write Colvin informing him
that Road Superintendent
Lester will continue to be the
Board's designee and to
request they contact Lester
for this information.
Chairman Owens reported
he had appointed Jerry
Ream, of Port St. Joe,
Florida, to supervise Gulf
County's Commodity Food
Distribution Program. The
Chairman also instructed
Administrative Assistant
Kent to give his assistance to
Mr. Ream if requested. The
Chairman requested the De-
puty Clerk to write the State
of Florida Department of
Health and Rehabilitative
Services giving notification
of this appointment.
Comm. Branch discussed a
letter of resignation received
from Gulf .County Health
Nurse Verna D. Totman.
Comm. Branch requested the
Board write Mrs. Totman,
thanking her for her dedi-
cated service and that the
Board regrets her leaving.
The Chairman instructed De-
puty Clerk Cumbie to write
this letter.

Building Inspector De-
Wayne Manuel made the
following report concerning
State of Florida Department
of Corrections' list of defici-
encies at the Gulf County Jail
which requires corrective
action: Obtained fire ex-
tinguishers to be installed in
kitchen as per the Board's
instructions; Kitchen stove
hood does not meet Depart-
ment of Corrections require-
ments, however I have not

contacted the State Fire
Marshall for confirmation.
After discussion and agree-
ment by the Board, the
Chairman instructed the
Building Inspector to install
the fire extinguishers. Build-
ing Inspector Manuel then
reported the lighting require-
ment at the jail was still a
problem.
Building Inspector Manuel
reported he had received a
request for a temporary
permit to use a mobile home
as an office building on Gulf
Coast Electric Co-Op proper-
ty, Wewahitchka, Florida
(Temporary Permit- 5
years). Comm. Birmingham
moved the Board grant the
5-year temporary permit.
Comm. Gortman seconded
the motion. After discussion
of the City of Wewahitchka's
building inspection agree-
ment with the Gulf County
Board of County Commis-
sion, Attorney Rish' advised
this temporary permit re-
quest is made to the City of
Wewahitchka's building de-
partment and should be
referred to the City, of
Wewahitchka. Comm. Birm-
ingham withdrew his motion
and Comm. Gortman with-
drew his second.
Comm. Birmingham
moved the Board approve the
travel request of Building
Inspector DeWayne Manuel
as follows: February 7, 1984,
Tallahassee Energy Code
Conference; February 25-29,
1984, Tampa Building Offi-
cial Conference. Comm.
Gortman seconded the mo-
tion and it passed unani-
mously.
Building Inspector Manuel
informed the Board that as
er the Board's instructions
e was preparing a report on
Lee Munroe's comments con-
cerning the building inspec-
tion department and would
submit this report at the next
County Commission Meeting.
Lee Munroe informed the
Board that he was present at
this meeting to check on the
report.
Comm. Gortman reported
that he would check with
Road Superintendent Lester.
to be sure proper road name
signs were posted at subdivi-
sions the Board had recently
approved.
Comm. Gortman moved
the Board hire an engineer-
ing firm of the Board's choice
to provide engineering work
so that the Board can make
preparations to repair the
Stone Mill Creek Bridge
(Rditi 5) ahd Pleasant Rest
Cdnijntery Bridge. Comm.
Bir8ingham seconded the
motibn. After discussion, the
motion passed unanimously.
Comm. Branch reported
that WJOE AM-WGCV FM
Radio Station Manager, Port
St. Joe, Florida, had request-
ed a generator the radio
station had previously given
to the county for civil defense
purposes be returned to the
radio station. Administrative
Assistant Kent reported the
generator had been moved to
the Mosquito Control Depart-
ment for repair. After discus-
sion of the county property,
Comm. Birmingham asked
for Comm. Branch's recom-
mendation. Comm. Branch
recommended the Board
have this generator repaired
and left at the Mosquito
Control Department, allow-
ing the radio station use of
the generator during an
emergency. The Board
agreed.
Comm. Branch requested
the Board write a letter to
Lieutenant Stan Kirkland,
Florida Game and Fresh
Water Fish Commission,
thanking him for the public
meeting concerning the hunt-
ing and fishing proposals for
the 1984-85 season held on
January 18, in Port St. Joe,
and requesting a copy of the
minutes of that meeting.
Comm. Branch stated he
would like to bring to the
Board's attention that he had
been contacted by, several
people concerning the recent
traffic accident on Road C-30
(Indian Pass), in regard to
the palm trees being too close
to the road. Comm. Branch
suggested the Board remove
some of the palm trees on the
slope near the highway.
Comm. Money recommend-
ed the Board remove the
palm trees and relocate them
at the Gulf County Court-
house property. After further
discussion, the Board agreed
to remove some of the palm
trees on Road C-30 with
Comm. Branch to coordinate
the removal. Comm. Branch
discussed cutting down some
of the palm trees too near the
pavement to be removed.
The Board agreed. Chairman
Owens then directed that
some of these palm trees be
removed and this project be
coordinated through the Gulf

County Road Department.
Comm. Branch reported
there was good citizen at-
tendance at the public hear-
ing the Board held on Janu-
ary 19, 1984 at 6:00 p.m., at
the Beaches Fire Station,
concerning the Beaches Wa-
ter System. Chairman Owens
stated he wanted it written in
the minutes that the Board
appreciates the Attorney, a
representative of the Clerk's

Office, and Don Taylor at-
tending this public hearing.
Comm. Money reported he
had a request that the Board
re-paint the striping on Road
C-30 (Indian Pass). Chair-
man Owens stated the Indus-
trial Road needed to be
re-striped also. Comm, Gort-
man, who has departmental
responsibility of the Road
Department, agreed to take
care of this striping, with
Comm. Money to turn in the
work order. Comm. Money
also reported he had received
complaints on the weeds in
the ditches on Road C-30 and
stated these ditches needed
to be cleaned.
Comm. Money reported
that Beaches Fire Chief
Williams had discussed with
him the electric bill for the
Beaches Fire Station in-
creasing, due to the large
number of public meetings
being held at the Fire Sta-
tion. Comm. Money then
recommended a new gas
furnace be purchased for the
Beaches Fire Station in order
to cut down on the Fire
Station's electric bill. After
discussion, Comm. Money
agreed to ask Williams to
check his budget for funds to
purchase this furnace.
Attorney Rish reported
that Comm. Money had re-
viewed the Beaches Water
System Plans and could find
no water lines running to the
street ends (under U.S. 98).
The Chairman stated these
lines will be added on when
the Beaches Water System
construction is advertised for
bid.
Comm. Branch reported
one swacar garbage trailer
had been located on State
Road 22 on the west side of
the Dead Lakes Dam and he
was in the process of having
one swacar garbage trailer
located at Indian Pass.
Comm. Branch stated that
these were both temporary
locations.
The Attorney reported the
Board had received notifica-
tion from the Florida Depart-
ment of Natural Resources of
an application for variance to
construct or reconstruct a
walkway and to construct a
bulkhead- Sweat Property.
The Board instructed the
Attorney to write the Florida
Department of Natural Re-
sources that the Board has no
local setback requirements,
zoning or building codes
affecting the granting of
these permits. I
The Attorney discussed an
oil drilling company's equip"-
ment damaging the shogld-
ers and pavement of new*y
paved State Road 71 The
Chairman requested the At-
torney write the State of
Florida concerning this mat-
ter.
Chairman Owens reported
he had heard a recent news
report that the Department
of Transportation would pave
the Overstreet Road and
transfer it to the County for
maintenance in the near
future. Chairman Owens in-
structed the Attorney to
write the Department of

Transportation that as long
as there is a draw bridge at
Overstreet, the County can-
not financially handle main-
tenance of the road and this
narrow road needs to be
widened.
There being no further
business, the meeting did
then adjourn.
The Board of County Com-
mission of Gulf County, Flo-
rida, met February 2, 1984 in
special session, with the
following members present:
Chairman Everett Owens,
Jr., Douglas C. Birmingham,
Jimmy 0. Gortman, and
Eldridge Money. Others pre-
sent were: Clerk Jerry T.
Gates and Deputy Clerk
Maurell Cumbie.
The meeting came to order
at 5:00 P.M.
Comm..Money opened the
meeting with prayer and led
the pledge of allegiance to
the flag.
At the Chairman's request,
the Clerk read, a letter
addressed to the Gulf County
Board of County Commission
and the Calhoun County
Board of County Commission
from the Dead Lakes Man-
agement District requesting
they place on the March
ballot after the first question
regarding the Dead Lakes
Dam, "Should the Dead
Lakes Dam be Removed?"
the following question: "If
Fish and Conservation Prob-
lems can be Resolved With-
out Removing the Entire
Dead Lakes Dam, Should the
Entire Dead Lakes Dam be
Removed? Yes or No."
Comm. Birmingham moved
the Board table this matter
until the next regular meet-.
ing. Comm. Gortman second-'
ed the motion. After discus-
sion, the motion failed with
the following vote. Comm.
Birmingham and Gottman
voted yes. Comm. Money and
Chairman Owens voted no.
Comm. Birmingham then
moved the Board deny this
request. Comm. Gortman
seconded the motion for
discussion. After discussion
by the Board, Supervisor of
Elections Cora Sue Robinson,
Gulf County Citizen Roy
Harper, and Calhoun County
Commissioner Gene McClel-
lan, the motion passed with
the following vote: Comm.
Birmingham, Gortman, and
Money voted yes. Chairman
Owens voted no.
There being no further
business, the meeting ad-
journed.
The Board of County Com-
mission of Gulf County, Flo-
rida, met February 6, 1984 in
special session with the fol-
lowing members present:
Chairman Everett Owens,
Jr., Billy Branch, and Eld-
ridge Money. Others present
were: Clerk Jerry T. Gates,
Deputy Clerk Maurell Cum-
bie, and Civil Defense Direc-
tor-Bailiff Bill Lamar.
The meeting came to order
at 3:45 P.M.
'Comm. Money opened the
meeting with prayer and led
the pledge of allegiance to

Ed Miller Announces

for State Attorney Post

Ed Miller, a 51-year-old
Panama City lawyer, Mon-
day told upwards of 100
supporters "I want to be your
state attorney...so that we
can bring about some import-
ant changes."
He told the crowd, gather-
ed at a Panama City restaur-
ant, he can give "more and
better services for the money
you are already spending;"
that his leadership "will
result in more criminals in
jail and fewer' plea bar-
gains;" will guarantee "vic-
tims of crimes" their rights,
which he said "that have
until now been largely ig-
nored," and, that the public
"will be fully informed."
In addition to four years
service as chief assistant
state attorney in the local

Judicial Circuit, Miller also
spent nine years as chief
counsel and special agent
with the Florida Department
of Law Enforcement.
The local judicial circuit
includes Bay, Calhoun, Gulf,
Holmes. Jackson and Wash-
ington counties.
Presently -the state at-
torney's post is held by Jim
Appleman. who four years
ago ousted Leo Jones, who
had held the job for a number
of years.
Both Appleman and Miller
were employed by the state
attorney's office during
, Jones' tenure as top man in
that agency.
So far, Miller is the only
announced candidate for the
state attorney's job, but

Blue Crab Tags

Worth I

Be on the lookout for
tagged blue crabs. Florida
Department of Natural Re-
sources (FDNR) has con-
tracted with Florida State
University biologists to tag
blue crabs in Apalachee Bay
through 1984 as part of a
migration study. Tags con-
tain the address and tele-
phone'number of the project
leader at the FDNR Bureau

'the flag.
The Chairman announced
this is a special meeting held
at the request of Wayne
Childers, representing the St.
Joseph Historical Society,
which is requesting a ques-
tion be placed on the March
13, Presidential ballot. Child-
ers read the following .ques-
tion to the Board. "Should the
Original Copy of Florida's
First Constitution be Brought
Home to Port St. Joe Where it
was Signed January i11, 1839
and Placed in our Constitu-
tional Convention Museum."
Upon motion by Comm.
Branch, second by Comm.
Money, and unanimous vote,
the Board agreed to place
this question on the March.
13th ballot. 'Comm. Branch
stated the Board should offer
any other support the Board
could give the Historical
Society regarding this mat-
ter.
Stiles Brown, of the Gulf
County Senior Association
invited the Board to attend
their Valentine meeting on
Monday, February 13, at 2:30
P.M., at the Centennial
Building, Port St. Joe, sta-
ting their speaker will be U.
S. Senator Paula Hawkins.
There being no further
business, the meeting ad-
journed.

MINUTES...

Gulf County School Board

The Gulf County School
Board met in regular session
on January 10, 1984 at 5:30
PM in the Gulf County
Courthouse in Port St. Joe.
The following members were
present: Gene Raffield, Ted
Whitfield, Paul Sewell, Oscar
Redd. Board member Gra-
ham was absent. The Super-
intendent was also present.
Chairman Raffield pre-
sided at the meeting.
In accordance with Florida
Statutes, the School Board
advertised policy changes in
the local newspapers. The
public was given opportunity
on this day to provide input.
On motion by Whitfield,
second by Sewell, the Board
unanimously voted that the
policy changes be adopted as
advertised. Copies of policy
changes are on file in the
school board office.
A motion was made by
Sewell, second by Whitfield
to approve the minutes of
December 6 and 16, 1983. The
vote was carried.
On motion by Redd, second
by Sewell, the Board accept-
ed a letter of resignation
from Linda Long as secre-
tary in the Staff Develop-
ment Center effective Janu-
'ary 20, 1984. The Board also
accepted a letter of resigna-
tion from Rodney Herring as
Director of Wcwahitchka
Community Services, effec-
tive January 10, 1984. The
Board further approved a
revised leave of absence
from Rachel Crews as Physi-
cal Education Instructor at
Port St. Joe High School
effective January 13th.
On motion by Whitfield,
second by Sewell, the Board
unanimously approved the
following bid matters:
Accepted the lowest and
best bid on Video Equipment
from Neff Cox, Jr. Bids were
as follows: Neff Cox, $13,-

960.00; Mid-West Corpora-
tion, $16,182.00;
Accepted the lowest and
best bid on a 1984 Ford
Pickup Truck from St. Joe
Motor Company. Bids were
as follows: St. Joe Motor Co.,
$6,591.73; Carr's Auto Sales,
$6,735.60;
Accepted the best bid,
meeting specifications, on an
International Tractor from
Anders Equipment. Bids
were as follows: Swearingen-
Lord, $11,300.00; Anders
Equipment, $10,081.15; Wells
Tractor Co., $9,000.00; J. D.
Swearingen, $9,972.93;
Bids were received on
Certificates of Deposit from'
Wewahitchka State Bapk,
Florida First National Bank
and State Board of Admini-
stration. The Board accepted
the highest bid of SBA.
On motion by Whitfield,
second by Redd, the Board
unanimously approved
.School District Plan for
Progress toward Education
Excellence for the school
year 1983-84.
On motion by Sewell, sec-
ond by Whitfield, the Board
unanimously approved the
Reports-Control and Forms-
Control Management Com-
mittee as follows: Temple
Watson, Catherine Ramsey,
Gerald Lewter, Hugh Smith,
John Hicks, Dawn Gresham.
The Board reviewed cor-
respondence from Charles
Gaskin, Architect, concern-
ing corrective actions that
need to be taken in summer
of 1984 to correct minor
constructional damage at
Wewahitchka High School
site.
The Board reviewed each
cost center's budget. No
action necessary.
The Board reviewed cor-
respondence from Office of
Civil Rights regarding Title
IX Compliance Review. No

action necessary.
On motion by Redd, second
by Sewell, the Board voted
unanimously that the bills be
paid.
Superintendent Wilder ad-
vised the Board that the
Annual Progress Report of
Port St. Joe High School was
adjudged as being the best of
those prepared by the five
schools in the Gulf School
District. A committee com-
posed of the 25 members of
the District Advisory Council
made the selection.
On motion by Redd, second
by Sewell, the Board unani-
mously approved a job des-
cription for School Food
Service Employee.
Copies of the Community
Services Report were dis-
tributed for Port St. Joe and
Wewahitchka area.
The Board approved for
Superintendent Wilder to
serve on an Organizational
and Management Study
Team for the Hamilton
County School District dur-
ing the week of March.5-9.
Superintendent Wilder re-
ported that the Carpet Pro-
ject was completed at Port
St. Joe Elementary and
Highland View Elementary
Schools. The Board au-
thori-zed the Superintendent
to issue a check in the
amount of $1,300. to Custom
Floors for final payment.
The Board' reviewed a
request for an emergency
bus stop within the two-rtmile
limit. On motion by Redd,
second by Sewell, the Board
agreed to make the stop for
the period of time her mother
is. medically incapacitated to
the point where she cannot
provide transportation to the
school.
There being no further
business, the meeting ad-
journed to meet again on
February 7, 1984 at 9:00 AM.

loney

,of Marine Research in St.
Petersburg. If a tagged crab
is caught, call with the exact
'location and date of capture,
the sex of the crab, and the
tag number. There is a $2
reward for each tag.
FDNR biologists tagged
more than 13,000 blue crabs
in Tampa Bay during 1983.
Many female crabs migrated
northward and 25 percent of
those were recovered from
Apalachee Bay. Several
crabs were recaptured as far
away as Mobile Bay, Ala-
bama. No tagged crabs were
recovered south of Tampa
Bay.
Tagging in Apalachee Bay
is only one of several efforts
undertaken this'year by the
FDNR Bureau of Marine
Research. During 1984,
FDNR and Mote Marine
Laboratory biologists will
also tag blue crabs in Sara-
sQta Bay, Charlotte Harbor,
Goodland, Everglades Na-
tional Park, and the Florida
Keys.

usually reliable sources indi-
cate that the first-termer
Appleman is certain to seek
re-election.

Pfc. Roy White
Participates In
Field Exercise
Army Pfc. Roy J. White,
son of Mr. and Mrs. John H.
Water of Port St. Joe, has
participated in Team Spirit
'84.
This is the largest joint,
combined field training exer-
cise to be held in the free
world this year. A joint,
combined exercise involves
more than one service from
more than one country.
Team Spirit '84, the eighth
annual exercise of its kind,
involves the deployment, re-
ception and employment of
U.S. and Republic of Korea
forces responding to possible
contingencies in the Korean
theater.
Staged in South Korea, the
purpose of Team Spirit is to
exercise, evaluate and im-
prove procedures and techni-
ques to be employed during a
defense of South Korea. It is
designed to increase combat
readiness of all participants,
with emphasis on joint and
combined operations.
White is a tank systems
mechanic with the 25th Inf p-
try Division at Schofiild
Barracks, Hawaii.
He is a 1982 graduate pf
Port St. Joe Junior-Senibr
High School.